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Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies held their quarterly Drive-Thru Drug Drop / Food Drive on Saturday, May 11.

They collected and incinerated 31 pounds of prescription medications, bringing the total amount of collected prescription medications to 1,062 pounds since the start of the program in the fall of 2019.

The department also collected 314 pounds of non-perishable food items, which were donated to the Washington County Food Bank. HUNGER KNOWS NO SEASON!

Sheriff Miller would like to thank everyone who dropped off prescription medications to be safely disposed of and say a special thank you to everyone who donated food for our local food bank.

Thank you to Matt Hein, who runs this important program for the sheriff’s department and to his helpers, Deputy Hailee Lopotosky, Deputy Tory Hildreth and Trenton Miller, who also helped with this event.

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By Jerry Curry, Staff Writer

The Pekin bridge has been a bottle neck for a long time and the butt of many sarcastic Facebook jokes. The project is an Indiana Department Of Transportation (INDOT) project.

The bridge is a complete replacement project, located on S.R. 60 over the South Fork of the Blue River. Dealing with one lane during rush-hour createds a long line of cars and trucks. Motorist are at the mercy of the automated lights.

IDOT said the project began Spring of 2022. The contractor on the bridge is Beaty Construction.

IDOT spends millions of dollars on Washington County roads.

This bridge job and one in Clark County are part of a $5.1 million improvement project.

The bridge in Clark County is also on Highway 60 over Money’s Branch (4.1 west of Grant Line Rd) and will begin in July 2024. Temporary signals will also control traffic at this location through the Fall.

According to IDOT the reasons given for the longevity of the Pekin bridge project are supply chain issues and, of course, weather conditions.

The new completion date is July 2024. Hang in there!

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On Wednesday, May 22, at approximately 5:39 p.m., deputies and emergency services personnel responded to the area of 7636 N. State Road 135, in reference to a single motor vehicle roll-over crash with injuries and entrapment.

Once on the scene, deputies determined that Timothy Reynolds, age 57 of Seymour, was traveling north on N. State Road 135. Reynolds was driving a 2002 GMC Sierra pickup truck when he drove off the east edge of the roadway. Reynolds over-corrected his vehicle, causing his vehicle to go into a skid and travel off the west side of the roadway, down an embankment and roll over onto the passenger side before coming to a rest.

Two passengers in the pickup truck had to be extricated by members of Monroe and Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Departments.

Timothy Reynolds refused treatment at the scene.

Passenger Roxie Reynolds, age 77, was transported by Washington County Ambulance Service to University of Louisville Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Passenger George Reynolds, age 82, was transported to St. Vincent Hospital by the Washington County Ambulance Service for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Lieutenant Wayne Blevins is the investigating officer and was assisted by Detective Brad Naugle, Lieutenant Lucas Gray, Deputy Paul Reyling, Deputy Hailee Lopotosky and Sheriff Brent Miller.

State Road 135 N. was closed for a brief period of time.

Photo provided by Sheriff Brent Miller.